Browsing by Author "McIntosh, Tom"

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Aboriginal Dispossession and Proletarianization in Canadian Industrial Capitalism: Creating the Right Profile for the Labour Market
(Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2013-07) Bird, John Albert; McIntosh, Tom; Zhu, Yuchao; Farney, Jim; Sponer, Marc
The central theme of this paper revolves around the dispossession of Aboriginal peoples (First Nations, Métis, and Inuit) from their traditional socio-economic means of production and their subsumption into the industrial-capitalist mode of production. The investigation is a hypothesis about the historical proletarianization process regarding Aboriginal peoples in Canada stemming from dispossession. The analysis utilizes a critical political economic approach primarily in regard the revolutionary power of private property relations as the competitive antithesis to traditional-subsistence economy relations. Positing the facts of Aboriginal proletarianization within a political economic framework is an addition to the critique of capital. The research of the paper is anchored within: the numbered treaty framework and its application, the disciplinary methods of residential schooling systems, assimilation into proletarian ethics, and contemporary statistics about Aboriginal cohorts within the Canadian labour market. The historical research provides evidence about Aboriginal socio-economic dispossession and the contemporary data provides evidence regarding present-day conclusions of the initial industrial-proletarianization processes. Keywords: numbered treaties, residential schools, Aboriginal labour, Aboriginal history, political economy, industrial capitalism, proletarian, Karl Marx.
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Canadian Approaches to Arctic Foreign Policy
(Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2013-03) Sebastian, Ciara Margaret Marie; McIntosh, Tom; Leeson, Howard; Zhu, Yuchao; Poelzer, Greg
Throughout the Cold War the Arctic was treated as an international ‘no man’s land’. The tension created by the proximity of the Soviet Union to the other Arctic states made the development of effective Arctic foreign policies within the Arctic states almost impossible. However, the end of the Cold War resulted in the opening of political space that enabled the ‘lesser’ Arctic states to begin to have influence in the region. The Arctic states began to work together to develop forums for international cooperation on issues that impacted the Arctic region as a whole. This cooperation began with the implementation of the Arctic Environmental Protection Strategy aimed at controlling and monitoring the fragile Arctic environment. Arctic cooperation grew and evolved, and today we have the Arctic Council, a promising organization that most of the Arctic states treat as the primary Arctic intergovernmental body. The Arctic Council is a unique organization that has been lauded as a model upon which other international organizations would be wise to fashion themselves because of the status accorded the Indigenous Peoples’ Organizations within the Council. While the Council is truly a type of ‘soft law’ body with no real power to regulate or enforce decisions, it seems to be in the process of evolving into something more. This thesis will attempt to explain Canada’s support for the creation and maintenance of the Arctic Council. It will attempt to explain how the Government of Canada has used multilateral Arctic organizations, and in particular the Arctic Council, to further Canadian interests in the Arctic and why the Government of Canada does not use the Arctic Council as its primary intergovernmental Arctic organization, preferring instead to involve a multitude of groupings of Arctic stakeholders in order to pursue Canadian Arctic interests. It will argue that Canada’s involvement is best explained by using a modified liberal internationalism as the theoretical perspective that can best explain the development of the Arctic Council within Canada. This modified perspective also makes it possible to predict how the Arctic Council will develop in the future.
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Enhancing Social Inclusion for Older Adults Living with Dementia: A Community-Based Collective Impact Approach in Rural Saskatchewan
(2021-04-29) McIntosh, Tom; Mahani, Akram; Jeffery, Bonnie; Novik, Nuelle
The social isolation of older adults, especially those living with dementia, is a global challenge and Canada is no exception. Most factors that contribute to social isolation among older adults are systemic, such as the stigma of dementia, ageism, poverty, and inadequate access to resources and supports.
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Health Profession Organizations in the Health Policy Process: A Comparative Case Study of Ontario and Saskatchewan
(Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2021-07) Schell, Olena; McIntosh, Tom; Marchildon, Gregory; Zarzecny, Amy; Cmillo, Cheryl; Urban, Ann-Marie; Bourgeault, Ivy Lynn
This dissertation examined the factors that contributed to the increase of the professional autonomy for the nursing, pharmacy, and dietetics in Ontario and Saskatchewan. Using concepts drawn from the literatures of medical dominance and professional autonomy, this study applied and modified the advocacy coalition framework to examine the complex network of medical knowledge and health stakeholders involved in this health policy subsystem. A comparative case study explored the institutions that shape PHC services within their provincial health care systems, as well as the political and social contexts that propelled the idea of expanding scopes of practice within PHC reform efforts. This case study demonstrated that despite the increased recognition of the expertise of health professions to apply medical knowledge in a broader manner for PHC, the structural embeddedness of medical dominance within health care systems continues to reinforce the central role of the medical profession in health care. In Ontario, policymakers have taken a heavy-handed approach to implementing policy decisions that affect the division of health labour, while health professions continue to maintain control over these decisions in Saskatchewan. In both provinces, health professional organizations have greater influence over policy decisions that affect the regulation and scopes of practice of their members, but little influence of funding decisions and governance structures of PHC models. In addition, PHC funding are still largely dependent on the outcomes of the physician services negotiations. This dissertation demonstrated that while health professions have increased their clinical and political autonomies to some extent, medical dominance continues to affect the division of health labour. These results highlight the futility of provinces to achieve PHC reform efforts when policy decisions continue to reinforce the central role of the medical profession in the delivery of health care.
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Land of the Living Political Skies: Perspectives on the 2016 Election
(Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, 2016-04-05) Béland, Daniel; Farney, Jim; McIntosh, Tom; Mou, Haizhen
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Saskatchewan’s Commission on Medicare: Five Commentaries
(Saskatchewan Institute of Public Policy, 2001-04) McIntosh, Tom; Rushton, Michael; Kouri, Denise; Horsburgh, Martha E.; Labonte, Ronald; Muhajarine, Nazeem
Table of Contents Contributors......................................................................................................................... v A Fyke in the Road: The ‘New’ Politics of Health Reform........................................... 1 Tom McIntosh Economics, Incentives, and the Fyke Commission on Medicare .................................. 5 Michael Rushton Health System Governance After Fyke........................................................................... 9 Denise Kouri The Fyke Report & Nursing in Saskatchewan ............................................................. 13 Martha E. Horsburgh Caring for Medicare or Caring for Health? Why Health Care Reform is Only a Small Piece of the Puzzle ................................................................................................ 19 Ronald Labonte & Nazeem Muhajarine
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Seniors Neglect and Abuse Response Line - A Systems and Servies Review of Regina Qu'Appelle Health Region
(Community Research Unit, Faculty of Arts, University of Regina, 2017-05) Beingessner, Naomi; Novik, Nuelle; McIntosh, Tom
Canadians are increasingly aware of the issue of senior neglect and abuse, according to a 2011 EKOS survey. Many service agencies in Saskatchewan receive reports of senior abuse and neglect. However, there is uncertainty regarding what community resources exist for older adult victims and whether those resources are meeting current community needs. This project investigates policies and procedures relating to senior abuse and neglect in the Regina Qu’Appelle Health Region (RQHR), in order to identify existing services and any gaps or challenges that may exist. While RQHR does not have specific policies relating to senior neglect and abuse, it has policies around abuse and neglect in situations that senior clients are often in. Managers interviewed were quite aware of policies and processes and recent health region changes to improve them. They expressed confidence in the ability of health region staff to respond to situations of abuse and neglect, but also suggested that further supports could make their responses more thorough and timely. In particular, study participants recommended the creation of a provincial Guardian and Trustee for Seniors and more connections between the health region and community organizations for assistance with education and service provision.
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SIPP Policy Dialogue Number 1 May 2000
(Saskatchewan Institute of Public Policy, 2000-05) Curran, Kathryn; Blake, Raymond; Allan, John R.; McIntosh, Tom; Hart, Frank; Segal, Hugh
Director’s Notes 2 Public Policy and Public Enterprise 3 Slaying the Deficit Dragon 4 Small Scale Economic Development 5 New Publication 6 Final Words from Hugh Segal
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The current state of healthcare in rural Saskatchewan: Final report.
(Saskatchewan Population Health and Evaluation Research Unit (SPHERU), 2024-04-01) Novik, Nuelle; McIntosh, Tom; Jeffery, Bonnie; Camillo, Cheryl A.; Ly, May